Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

But I am afflicted and in pain;
May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high.

King James Version

But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

Holman Bible

But as for me—poor and in pain—
let Your salvation protect me, God.

International Standard Version

As for me, I am afflicted and hurting; may your deliverance, God, establish me on high.

A Conservative Version

But I am poor and sorrowful. Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

American Standard Version

But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

Amplified


But I am sorrowful and in pain;
May Your salvation, O God, set me [securely] on high.

Bible in Basic English

But I am poor and full of sorrow; let me be lifted up by your salvation, O Lord.

Darby Translation

But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high.

Julia Smith Translation

And I am poor and dejected: and thy salvation, O God, shall set me up on high.

King James 2000

But I am poor and sorrowful: let your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But as for me, [though] I [am] afflicted and pained, your salvation will protect me, O God.

Modern King James verseion

But I am poor and sorrowful; let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

As for me, I am poor and in heaviness; let thy help defend me, O God.

NET Bible

I am oppressed and suffering! O God, deliver and protect me!

New Heart English Bible

But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.

The Emphasized Bible

I, then, am humbled and in pain, Thy salvation, O God, may it set me on high.

Webster

But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

World English Bible

But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.

Youngs Literal Translation

And I am afflicted and pained, Thy salvation, O God, doth set me on high.

Verse Info

Context Readings

A Plea For Rescue

28 May they be blotted out of the book of life
And may they not be recorded with the righteous.
29 But I am afflicted and in pain;
May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high.
30 I will praise the name of God with song
And magnify Him with thanksgiving.

Cross References

Psalm 18:48

He delivers me from my enemies;
Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from the violent man.

Psalm 20:1

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble!
May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high!

Psalm 22:27-31

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the families of the nations will worship before You.

Psalm 40:17

Since I am afflicted and needy,
Let the Lord be mindful of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.

Psalm 59:1

For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to kill him.
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me.

Psalm 70:5

But I am afflicted and needy;
Hasten to me, O God!
You are my help and my deliverer;
O Lord, do not delay.

Psalm 89:26-27

“He will cry to Me, ‘You are my Father,
My God, and the rock of my salvation.’

Psalm 91:14-16

Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name.

Psalm 109:22

For I am afflicted and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.

Psalm 109:31

For He stands at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who judge his soul.

Isaiah 53:2-3

For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,
And like a root out of parched ground;
He has no stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus *said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

Ephesians 1:21-22

far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

Philippians 2:9-11

For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,

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